Holy Crudola! I love this action! This action is Honey Daze and it’s available in my Classic Action Pack or in the Whole Combo Action Pack in the store.
Holy Buddha! This makes me want to go create more actions! And that brings me to my great topic of the day, Freebie Friday. Right, now there are two free actions available in the store and today…I’m adding a third, Size for Web and Border! If you are a blogger this action is a must have. It will size your actions to a max width of 400 px and add a thin border. So with one click, your image will end up just like this.
The border is a semi-transparent black so that it will go with any type of shot. You can find this action, along with other freebies and actions to purchase here..
The advantages to using actions is speed and you can use actions when you batch process (lots of images at once). But you don’t need an action to do this. You can do it yourself by going to the top left of Photoshop and do the following:
1. Image > Image Size > and type in the size you would like it to be. Make sure you have pixels selected and that the boxes at the bottom left are checked (scales styles and constrain proportions).
Next to add a border:
2. Layer>Duplicate Layer
Next go to your layers palette. If you can’t see the layers palette go to the top of Photoshop and look for the Window. Click on Layers to make it visible. It should look like this:
3. Next click on the FX and scroll down to Stroke.
4. Type in your desired pixel width and color. The position must be marked “inside” for it to be visible.
5. Last, on the duplicate layer change the opacity. In this case, the opacity is 50%.
Good luck and Happy Photoshop Editing!
